stops

英 [stɒps] 美 [stɑːps]

v.  (使)停止,停下; (使)中断,停止; (使)结束,终止
stop的第三人称单数



柯林斯词典

  1. VERB 停止;停下
    If you have been doing something and then you stop doing it, you no longer do it.
    1. Stop throwing those stones!...
      不要再扔那些石头了!
    2. He can't stop thinking about it...
      他没办法不再想这件事。
    3. I've been told to lose weight and stop smoking...
      我被告知要减肥并戒烟。
    4. I stopped working last year to have a baby...
      我去年因生小孩辞去了工作。
    5. Does either of the parties want to stop the fighting?...
      双方中没有一方想停止战斗吗?
    6. She stopped in mid-sentence.
      话说了半句她就停下不说了。
  2. VERB 阻止;使中断;使停止
    If you stop something happening, you prevent it from happening or prevent it from continuing.
    1. He proposed a new diplomatic initiative to try to stop the war...
      他提出了一项新的外交计划以尽力阻止这场战争。
    2. If the fire isn't stopped, it could spread to 25,000 acres...
      如果大火不被扑灭,它可能会蔓延 2.5 万英亩。
    3. I think she really would have liked to stop us seeing each other...
      我认为她本来真的可能不想让我们俩继续交往下去。
    4. He put the radio on loud to stop himself thinking about it...
      他把收音机的音量开得很大,好让自己不再想这件事。
    5. Motherhood won't stop me from pursuing my acting career...
      做了母亲并不会阻止我继续追求我的演艺事业。
    6. There's nothing to stop you from doing a bit of exploring further afield.
      没有什么会阻止你到更远一些的地方探险。
  3. VERB (活动或过程)停下来,中止
    If an activity or process stops, it is no longer happening.
    1. The rain had stopped and a star or two was visible over the mountains...
      雨停了,山顶上有一两颗星星在闪烁。
    2. The system overheated and filming had to stop...
      系统过热,拍摄工作只好停了下来。
    3. The music stopped and the lights were turned up...
      音乐停止,灯光亮起。
    4. They're treating it like a game, a novelty. That's got to stop.
      他们把这件事当成了一个游戏,觉得很新鲜。不能再那样下去了。
  4. V-ERG (机器等)停止运转;(使)停止工作
    If something such as machine stops or is stopped, it is no longer moving or working.
    1. The clock had stopped at 2.12 a.m...
      钟在凌晨 2 点 12 分时停了。
    2. His heart stopped three times...
      他的心脏曾 3 次停止跳动。
    3. Arnold stopped the engine and got out of the car...
      阿诺德关掉发动机,下了车。
    4. He stopped the machine and replayed the message.
      他关掉机子,重新放了一遍留言。
  5. V-ERG (使)(移动着的人或车)停下;把…拦住
    When a moving person or vehicle stops or is stopped, they no longer move and they remain in the same place.
    1. The car failed to stop at an army checkpoint...
      那辆车没有在军方检查站停车。
    2. He stopped and let her catch up with him...
      他停下来,好让她追上自己。
    3. The event literally stopped the traffic...
      这一事件几乎让交通陷于停顿。
    4. The van was stopped at customs in Harwich.
      小货车在哈里奇海关被拦下了。
  6. N-SING 停住;停下
    If something that is moving comes to a stop or is brought to a stop, it slows down and no longer moves.
    1. People often wrongly open doors before the train has come to a stop...
      人们经常在火车还尚未完全停好时就违规打开车门。
    2. He slowed the car almost to a stop.
      他放慢车速,车几乎停住了。
  7. VERB 停下来(思考或解释)
    If someone does not stop to think or to explain, they continue with what they are doing without taking any time to think about or explain it.
    1. She doesn't stop to think about what she's saying...
      她都没有停下来想一想自己在说些什么。
    2. There is something rather strange about all this if one stops to consider it...
      如果停下来好好想想的话,就会发觉整件事情相当蹊跷。
    3. People who lead busy lives have no time to stop and reflect.
      忙忙碌碌的人们无暇停下来反思。
  8. When an action comes to an end or stops, you can say that someone stops doing it. She stopped reading and closed the book. However, if you say that someone stops to do something, you mean that they interrupt their movement or another activity in order to do that thing. The 'to' infinitive indicates purpose. I stopped to read the notices on the bulletin board.
    stops doing 表示停止做某事,如:She stopped reading and closed the book (她停止阅读,合上了书)。而 stops to do 则表示中断现在的行动或活动去做另一件事,to 引导的不定式表示目的,如:I stopped to read the notices on the bulletin board (我停下来去读布告栏上的通知)。

  9. VERB 止于;结束
    If you say that a quality or state stops somewhere, you mean that it exists or is true up to that point, but no further.
    1. The cafe owner has put up the required 'no smoking' signs, but thinks his responsibility stops there...
      咖啡馆老板已经按规定贴上了“禁止吸烟”的标志,但是他认为自己的责任就止于此。
    2. The good news did not stop there...
      好消息还不止这些。
    3. Once you cross over the thin line to acts of lawlessness, who knows where it stops?
      一旦你越过雷池开始干违法的事,谁知道哪里是个头呢?
  10. N-COUNT 车站;停车站
    A stop is a place where buses or trains regularly stop so that people can get on and off.
    1. There was an Underground map above one of the windows and I counted the stops to West Hampstead...
      其中一扇窗户上方有一张地铁线路图,我数了数到西汉普斯特德站共有几站。
    2. They waited at a bus stop.
      他们在一个公共汽车站等车。
  11. VERB (旅程中)逗留,停留
    If you stop somewhere on a journey, you stay there for a short while.
    1. He insisted we stop at a small restaurant just outside of Atlanta...
      他坚持让我们在亚特兰大市外不远的一家小餐馆歇歇脚。
    2. It would be a crime to travel all the way to Australia and not stop in Sydney.
      如果不远万里去了澳大利亚,却没在悉尼稍作停留,那真是一种罪过。
  12. N-COUNT (旅程中的)停留时间,停留地
    A stop is a time or place at which you stop during a journey.
    1. The last stop in Mr Cook's lengthy tour was Paris...
      库克先生漫长旅程中的最后一站是巴黎。
    2. Mack was driving down from Vermont, with a stop in Boston to pick Sarah up.
      麦克正开车从佛蒙特向南行驶,中途经停波士顿接上萨拉。
  13. (风琴的)音栓
    In music, organ stops are the knobs at the side of the organ, which you pull or push in order to control the type of sound that comes out of the pipes.
    1. PHRASE 不择手段;无所顾忌
      If you say that someone will stop at nothing to get something, you are emphasizing that they are willing to do things that are extreme, wrong, or dangerous in order to get it.
      1. Their motive is money, and they will stop at nothing to get it.
        他们的动机是钱,为了钱他们会不择手段。
    2. PHRASE 全力以赴;竭尽全力
      If you pull out all the stops, you do everything you can to make something happen or succeed.
      1. New Zealand police vowed yesterday to pull out all the stops to find the killer.
        新西兰警方昨天发誓要竭尽全力抓到杀人凶手。
    3. PHRASE 制止;阻止
      If you put a stop to something that you do not like or approve of, you prevent it from happening or continuing.
      1. His daughter should have stood up and put a stop to all these rumours.
        他的女儿早该站出来平息所有这些谣言。
    4. PHRASE 做事很有分寸;懂得如何把持自己
      If you say that someone does not know when to stop, you mean that they do not control their own behaviour very well and so they often annoy or upset other people.
      1. Like many politicians before him, Mr Bentley did not know when to stop...
        和过去的很多政客一样,本特利先生做事也没分寸。
      2. You should know when to stop asking questions.
        你应该知道什么事不该问。
    5. to stop dead → see: dead

    双语例句

    1. It should be a great week, with overnight stops in assorted hotels in the West Highlands.
      那一周会过得很开心,晚上可以在西部高地上的各式旅馆里过夜。
    2. The buck stops with him. He is ultimately responsible for every aspect of the broadcast.
      责任在于他。他是该广播节目各方面的总负责人。
    3. As he marks down the prices, he stops now and then to pack things into a large bag.
      他一边抄价钱,一边不时停下来往一个大袋子里装东西。
    4. This allows the pair to mate properly and stops the hen staying in the nest-box
      这样可以使这对公鸡和母鸡正常交配,让母鸡不再呆在鸡窝里。
    5. He had to make four pit stops during the race.
      他不得不在比赛过程中4次停车进站。
    6. The best sequence in the film occurs when Roth stops at a house he used to live in.
      电影中最棒的一组镜头出现于罗思在他曾住过的一幢屋子前驻足时。
    7. Once the compulsive spender stops at the mall, she will be unable to control her spending.
      患强迫性购物症的人一旦来到购物中心,就无法控制自己的开支。
    8. There is something rather strange about all this if one stops to consider it
      如果停下来好好想想的话,就会发觉整件事情相当蹊跷。
    9. The cafe owner has put up the required 'no smoking' signs, but thinks his responsibility stops there
      咖啡馆老板已经按规定贴上了“禁止吸烟”的标志,但是他认为自己的责任就止于此。
    10. Once you cross over the thin line to acts of lawlessness, who knows where it stops?
      一旦你越过雷池开始干违法的事,谁知道哪里是个头呢?
    11. There was an Underground map above one of the windows and I counted the stops to West Hampstead
      其中一扇窗户上方有一张地铁线路图,我数了数到西汉普斯特德站共有几站。
    12. The administration has not really thought through what it plans to do once the fighting stops
      政府还没有认真考虑过一旦战斗结束,它打算怎么办。
    13. It keeps you ticking over, stops you being complacent.
      这使你进展缓慢,得意不起来。
    14. If a stranger stops you, just wind the window down a fraction.
      如果有陌生人拦你的车,把车窗摇下一点点就行。
    15. Get off the bus after it came to a stop.; Don't get out until the bus stops.
      等车站稳再下。
    16. This bus makes no stops along the way.
      这车中途不站。
    17. Then the din gradually dies down and the music stops.
      接着喧闹声逐渐消失,音乐也终止了。
    18. A sand-break forest stops the encroachment of drifting sand.
      防沙林阻止流沙入侵。
    19. You'll have to complain to head office if the washing machine stops working again.
      要是洗衣机再出毛病的话,你只好向总公司诉说了。
    20. This train stops to let off passengers on signal.
      这列火车按信号停车让旅客下车。
    21. Train No.14 from Shanghai stops at platform no.2.
      从上海开来的十四次列车停靠在二号站台。
    22. The ship stops outside the harbour so that a specially trained person may pilot her in.
      那艘船停靠在港口外,等着让一个受过专门训练的人将它领进港口。
    23. You'd better keep well behind the car in front in case it suddenly stops.
      你最好与前面的车保持相当的距离,以防它突然停下来。
    24. When the rain stops, I'm going out.
      雨停了我就出去。
    25. Can't you wait until he stops bleeding?
      你不能等到他止血了?
    26. It is a kind of relaxation, because thinking stops; you regress.
      这是一种放松,因为思想停止了,你回归了。
    27. It's three stops after this one.
      过了这站还有三站。
    28. If the rain stops, we'll be able to go for a walk.
      如果雨停了,我们就能去散步了。
    29. If it stops snowing we can go out.
      如果雪停了,我们就可以出去。
    30. A young man's heart stops.
      一个年轻人心脏停止了。

    英英释义

    noun

    1. a gambling card game in which chips are placed on the ace and king and queen and jack of separate suits (taken from a separate deck)

        Synonym:    MichiganChicagoNewmarketboodle